The Sun. — London, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

--- ------ _. bound to say it appears to be—tiiiiil I hear some arguments to the cnn trary—_, very fair proposal—(Hear, hear)---and Ido not see why this Bill should not be read a second time—that will - be a guarantee to the Reuse that this important subject will be entered Lyon by the Govern , luent•—(Hear, hear.) • Mr. P. THOMSON—If itis the wish of the House that this Bill should be read a second time,upon the understanding that it shall not bepersevered in supposing I bring in a general Bill upon this subject, so as to render this .Bill unnecessary, I am willing to assent to that proposal.—(Hear, hear.) , . At the same time the language of the Right Hon. Gentleman renders it necess ary that I s h ou ld say a word in explanation.—)Hear, hear, hear.) He intimated, and properly, the diffic ilty which exists as to individuals recovering against partners in Joint Stock Companies at common law, and the great expense of a process in equity, so as to ,render it almost impossible; but that is a separate question from that - ' now before the House.—(Hear, hear.) Ido not think I am bound Ilk '.' () %v to pledge myse l f as to any alteration of the law upon the sub- Pet of Joint Stock Banks, although I am willing to admit that the subject presses for the decision of the Government, and is one upon or which a remedy ought to be brought forward during the present session. Rut the question ra i se d b y t hi s Bill i s qu i te a different one—whether .`l'arliament will provide an amendment to the Ist of Victoria, passed O k. last Year, that power should be given to the Crown to enabl e the Partners of a Company to sue their pat tners that is lilt W hat I propose to effect; and then it is doubtful whether it will be ad iseable to allow this Bill to proceed, because it will entail expense, for , I shall still object to the Bill going on if my Bill passes, since I shall then see whether the Crown has that power. However, I shall not object to the Bill being read a second time, on the understanding of the Bill got proceeding, provided the Crown has that power. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN—I do not see why this Company 1 01 t sho uld have hi g h er powers than other Companies possess. It was i r Ue that it was inconvenient that parties could not sue each Other, but that aros e f rom th e nature of the property. He should say that a he general measure, unless prote c t e d by m i nu t e enactm fists, would Most injurious. He would not, however, say that that might not be leached by legislative enactments. 1 th e rr. O'CONNELL—Th en we are to take the second reading upon coaditions that have been pointed cut. I The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. , MA IDSTONE ELECTION. The Clerk of the Election Committees appeared at the Bar with the r educed list of the Members balloted for to try the merits of the petition a gainst the return for the borough of Maidstone. The following were t he names of the Committee—Lord Ernest Bruce, William Villiers Stuart • Francis Bernard Beamish, Sir Charles Leman, John rower, Earl, Jerroy n, 1 Charles Frederick Ashby Cooper.Ponsonby, Sir Charles Brooke , Ver e, Rig ht Hon. Sir John Cam Flobliouse, John Easthope, an d H enry Is Thom as. !" On the motion of Mr. PR OTIIEROE, the Deanhead (Huddersfield) Reservoir Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. W . ATTWOOD presented a petition from certain persons, i I' r aying to be heard by Counsel against the Ramsgate Improvement Bill. . On the motion of Mr. EASTHOI'E, the Leicester G as Bill was rea d .. a third time and passed. i: Colonel DAVIES postponed until this day fortnight his motion for r a Select Committee to take into consideration the most eligible site for l , the two Houses of Parliament. I , ] • FEMALE APPRENTICESHIP IN THE COLONIES. ii Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should on that day forting lit 1 move for le ave t o b r i ng in a Bill to terminate the apprenticeship of all fetnales in the Colonies.—(Hear, hear.) The Lough Foyle, and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill, was real a third !, and passed. REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS BILL. Captain WOOD enquired of the Attorney-General when the Govern- Merit intended to finish the Registration of the Electors Bill ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Government were desirous ba ying it carried int o a l aw as ' so on as possible, and he beli eve d no d had occurred on the part of the other House of Parliament. DEANS AND CHAPTERS. 11. ri GLADSTONE presented a petition from the Dean and Chapter or th e Cathedral Church of Canterbury, praying that Lord J o hn Rus. l i th e Bill relative to Deans and Chapters might not pass into a law. U r. FRESHFIELD presented a petition from Truro, pray ing for a reduction in the rate of postage. •Sir W, W. WYNN then rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, f or an a dd ress to the 9,ueen to be 'r be ."' Premotion on the three late Chaplains of the House, in compliance the address of the HMlse presented to his late Majesty King Wil. • la ' n IV- lie regretted that lie was obliged to bring the motion forward the _ absence of the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Department, bibut having waited for half an hour after the usual time for the corn , 'neetnent of public business, he thought it would be disrespectful Zitthe House not to bring it forward.--(Hear, hear, hear) He no difficulty whatever in bringing forward this motion, ncr in was, his rea so n s f or so doing. The difficulty which he experienced " 5, , how it could be resisted. He did not know how the House could, !°nsistently with its own howler and the uniform practice of Parlia. Merit for above a century, hesitate to vote an address to her Majesty in faVo•, the rof the three gentlemen who last discharged the office of Chaplain to and House, which three suecessive Parliaments had voted in their favour, in answer to which his late Majesty had assured the House he would !,?lifer some distinction upon them.—(Lord John Russell here entered ie House.)—No remuneration of any kind was given by this House to 01e who discharged this duty. The uniform reward was voting such Ii address as the present to the Crown, and the Crown bestowing some °motion. For upwards of a century this had been the custom. No IPterfic length of services was required. Before the passing of the Sep- Minial Parliament Bill two years and a half was the length of service 'Relent; but after that Act the Chaplain was appointed by the Speakers •'r each Parliament, without reference to the length of its duration. In the Year 1782 one Chaplain received this usual promotion a ft er on ly one ' flo nth's service. In 1770, another, who had officiated only four months, was recommended by the House to the Crown, and received promotion f ;` °o l the Crown. Other instances of later date could be adduced to p rove t hat duration of service was i.ot taken into account in these addresses ; but he (atr. Wynn) could not suppose that any objection of that sort Would be mane to tits motion. Then these gentlemen had accepted the "Mee of chaplain on the supposition that they would receive the usual t t einuneration. On the faith of that House and its uniform usages th e y " a d given up lucrative situations the more efficiently to fulfil their duties, a nd they were now left for five years without reward. It was n)t con i'''tstit with justice to treat those gentlemen's claims upon en ex post - I t a rule, made after they lied received their appointment, after they f.• 41 discharged their duty—after that House had addressed the Crown for t he promotion—and after the Crown had promised to confer it. . 1 Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought this a question exclusivity for the e ° use of Commons to decide. But the Right Honourable Geutleman "ad not stated with sufficient distinctness the situation of the Chaplain !h the House, and the difficulty of the present case. It was an c iently ue Practice of the House that the Chaplains appointed by the Speaker should receive dignities from the hands of the Crown. At that time the Pat r " a ge of the Crown was very' , extensive, and the services of the Ch aplains of considerable duration.—(" About three years," from Mr. IVY : °I I) There was now a great alteration both with respect to the dig r„,r.`,o`.e., and t h e p ra cti ce o f the House. The Church di gn iti es o f th e ti Gown, inste a d of bei ng l e ft as formerly, were now, in accordance with the reco mmendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, for the present suspended, with the view of great reduction. The reduction as regarded ' eccl esiastical pat ronage, if the re f orms con t em plated were carried into :et, would b e not less than 50,000/. a-year—not patronage accru. S ever y Year, but en j o y e d by the dignities of the Church surren. dared to the Crown. A reduction was also made as regarded she Chaplai ns of that House, and a sum of not more than u )nl i a-year was given them for the performance o f t h e i r d u s e es ' i nstead of th e p romot i on as f ormer l y. S o a n agreement a s Made and acted upon, he would not say with the definite ,lariction of Parliament, that an alteration should be made in the amount u. Pre bends and digniti es o f t h e Ch urc h , and in the remunerat i on o f 4 ,Zehaplain s o f th e H ouse. The Right Hon. Gentleman instanced the 'Pt of promotion by one genleman after a service of one month, and else after four mo n th s ; b ut t hi s was rather an argument in favour es._ teillaugein the practi ce .— (H ear, h ear ) The nomination of one of attd resesent chaplains, the Rev. Mr. Lockwood, took lace in 1830, st . ~t h e address to o k pl ace i n t h e f ollow i ng year. The address in favour h t he second, the Rev. Mr. Budkin, took place in 1832, and that for the oh v Mr. Frere in 1833, showing that their services were not of a very .s e ,,l' i n • lod. But after these add resses h a d b een vo t e d i n 18 3 1 , 1832 , 8 33, p romo ti ons h ad taken place both under the Governments 41eord Grey and the Right Hon. the Member for Tamworth, in ~ Le h Pers ons not c h aplains of the House had been recommended by an ;er e a„, eof the un d ou b te d r i g h t of t h e Minister to the Crown. The i Hon. Gentleman not only acted similarly to Lord Crey—he not - 4,Y advised th e C rown to con f er t h e P re b en d ary o f W estm i nster upon e ei Ati lintn—but he addressed a letter to the Church Commissioners, telleg that he had so advised the Crown for the promotion of the '•;11 benefit of the Church. That letter had been acted on by Lord ethourne and the present Government ; and if it were to be taken as ti r s U , s let ile question came to this, whether they would, the patronage of I ) ' e - ' r °Avn being reduced to the great amount mentioned, and having reti t e rl Previously so much lessened, again curtail it by giving the House o ° r 4'rno ns the power of recommending three persons in the course of rea„„ sev en years to its promotion ? He thought this would be an un 10,Cable reduction, taken together with whet the Crown had already whet,. It anPeared to him that the question before the House was N in iier the addresses should be complied with, and the sums derived aehi ci th e contemplated reduction be taken from religious instruction, to ', it was intended to devote it, or that some better provision should eq i .. a ue in any other way for those clergymen. The question was one s ik ` t elY for the decision of the House, and it was not for the Govern s. t° °PPose any decision to which the House might come. be se t'. It . PEEL said the Noble Lord stated that since these addresses Lad .diff"ervoted to his late Majesty the House of Commons had adopted a 4i atro g't system in regard to the reward of its Chaplains, and that the e ,„ na ge of the Crown had been much curtailed. If the House of te; °° nt had adopted a new mode, and then had appointed a 11, C haplain, it would be but just to reward bins according to f ea t n s e L w rule ; but that the circumstance of a new rule should de. se s 'le claims of a Chaplain appointed previously to the new rule th:ld 4fe decidedly unjust. It was unfortunate that some years since t s ,, , e rowre had not come to some understanding with the House of on' this subject, for it was unreasonable that the House of tes ta ° fla should have a claim on the patronage of the Crown, par lßes;',l,Y When feequent dissolutions took place, as did between 182.9 and lie fo •' 'or its Chapleine serving only so short a time. , Therefore, it was lei ! , 'inn ate that seven or efolit years ago it was not laid ,town that no Chap riso,l4less after a service of at least five years, should be entitled to pro t4efo°,4* That course was not however adopted. They had adhered to fate,,,l til er course. The House of Commons had appealed to the Crown . in its h ' ° f its Chaplains, and the Crown had returned an answer, pledging licle :T a t word of compliance.—(Hear, hear.) He thought this con "ifthr,;,"l Of ne bearing; and then he would ask was not the good faith 1 , - ; . rose of Commons and the Crown pledged ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) feisi:"'' not be said that this was not a claim founded on that good "R h T he Noble Lord had said when Ise (Sir Robert Peel) was in f - e had not acte d upon th ese c l a i ms . He (Sir Robert Peel) had th % 4 41 that his predecessors had not acted upon them, and that those ih Cl MPlains we r e u n provided for by them. During his continuance l e: - ", s ee ° My one Prebend, that of Westminster, fell vacant. Be en . e sel 'Ur ed h * -0 fill it up, having respect to the double claim of the Cro w n ell nod Rous. e , It was first offered to one of those gentlemen, who de vori,,Tlt, the n anether, who likewise declined it, and time pressing, in w asnT a e p. cri given as row a eof t o heaCtiVe: measures of the Noble Lord —(Laughter) — it ~*(1 to a gentleman of great distinction, the a , Nel sk '• r • Allma n ..—(Cheering.) Then the authority quoted by the 0 00 ,:i Lord went the other way, as he ;Sir Robert Peel) did not post. t he h c l e claims of r e li g i ous duties, but ende . :voured to take into acco unt othe 'uble duty. Ho wever , thoseclaims shout.: be satisfied one way or he s r icCheers.) The faith of the House was eng.:,ged, and therefore vote for the motion. kilaer few words from the Chancellor of the Excheos.er, Sir E. L oredenll, Mr. Wynn, and Sir Robert Inglis, ta lat ,s; RUSSELL again expressed his concurrence in the address, h et. s oed to i nt i mate a fact which no one knew better than the R i g ht 01 the 4 1't elvsle nsan—namely, that acquiescence was not imperative on the Sir R Crowe. "tie • P EEL said that the proposed substitute might be good in I 'Ple Rly sh abby. ' but he thought the amount of remuneration proposed exceed trlotio,, h ad been agreed to without a division. Lord INQE NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. nts see„ STR IE begged the attention of the Hettse for a few mo Il ° l lae se e be made a fe w o b serva ti ons on a su bject of v e ry gr ea t i m . torea maritim e country lik e t hi s. H e mean t i ts nava l architee p to was Divo t , much t o b e regretted that it had hitherto been so much •!'"lllees • The Commis s i oners o f 1806 in their Report, regretted this Irlthe'cli,l., lie was i afraid, also : he must accuse ' Government of partiality t,e ar, l bu ion of appointm en t s n the Royal Dockyards.— a„hear.) As a proof of this he would mntion (1,44 :;:ayttisfthe master shipwright in Pembroke dockyard, who in he year b : oilmmon draughtsman at five Adding', a.day, but who now -tt aie riients) en wasle ipointed ovr the hea of udents of the Magter shipwright ds several students pwright in the yard. He would next highest allude to the case of Sir William Symonds, who, though a distinguished cha racter and first-rate sailor, did not possess the qualifications neres ary for a surveyor of the navy. He (Lord Ingestrie) thought that these objec tionable cases might be avoided by the appointment of a Board to investigate all claims. The Noble Lord was proceeding with his ob servations when An HON. MEMBER observed that there were very few Members pre sent, upon which the gallery was cleared, and, thirty_seven Members only being present, the House adjourned at Seven o'Clock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Some considerableportion of the'time of the House of Com mons was consumed last night in a discussion upon granting to the National Loan Fund Assurance Association their Bill of suing and being sued, and of their power of suing their partners, their agents, and other persons connected with their establishment. The Bill was brought forward on the motion of Mr. Hall, the popular and respected Member for Marylebone, and it was seconded in a manner which left no doubt of the strong feelings of the House in favour of it. In fact, there were present several hundred Mem bers to support it—and we are gla-: to state the circustance, because, on the one hand, no reasonable objection could be urged against it—and, on the other, that by the motion the Government is now armed for effecting by a triumphant majority the carrying of a measure which it knows to be necessary and useful, but on which it has been hitherto thwarted. The conduct of the President of the Board of Trade on the occasion was everything that could be desired. In point of political consistency, he was bound to oppose it ; but as a Bill involving the highest national interests, he took no factious opposition to it ; but simply opposed it on the ground that he would himself pro duce, in the course of a very few days, a general Bill, which would render all such applications to Parliament, as well as the expenses attendant upon them, wholly and utterly un necessary. The speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman was received with loud, and we trust not false, cheers by all par ties—and the result was, that with the understanding that such a Bill would be brought in by him, the Second reading of the measure under consideration was agreed to pro forma. The Bill was read accordingly, under the condi tions which will be found in our report of the proceedings of the House of Commons, but certainly not withemt anequity kick from Sir E. Sugden,who appears to be better:acquainted with Chancery chicanery than with the practice of common sense. A more stupid, captious, or inconsistent farrago of nonsense, comprised within a few lines, it has never fallen to our lot - to peruse. It may do exceedingly well in the purlieus of Equity Courts, but we most respectfully beg to inform the Right lion. Gentleman that there is a higher power than simple Chancery equity now resting in the bosom ef every intelligent man, than of any lawyerism of which he can possibly boast--we mean the common sense of growing and greatly increasing intelligence. With regard to the Association itself, we have expressed ourselves so frequently in favour of it, that there scarcely remains an atom of its principles or details on which we can bang a rag of comment. They challenge inquiry and investigation to the utmost possible extent ; and apparently so convinced is the Government of the excellence of the plan, and of the necessity of giving facilities to Companies so soundly and so beneficially based, that only a few days indeed will elapse before the remedy sought for by the" National Loan Fund Assurance Association" will he met by an Act which will relieve the Crown of great and troublesome responsibility, as well as of the enormous trouble and expenses on the part of applicants for Bills for parties to sue and to be sued, whether by themselves or between themselves. In conclu sion, we point the attention of our readers to an abridged report of an important meeting convened at Reading, for the laudable purpose of inquiring into the effl ciency of the Association, and to the following- excellent article on the subject, which we quote from 7'/re Sun of last night : " The Mayor presided ; and to the great credit of the clergymen of Reading and its vicinity several of them at tended the meeting, and expressed themselves most anxious to forward the views of the Society, the instant they had satisfied themselves of its perfect adaptation to the wants and interests of persons in an humble sphere of life. The speech of the Rev. Mr. Hulme breathes throughout a spirit of the most enlarged Christian benevolence. It embraces the whole moral view of the question ; and to the Christian and the pbilantrophist what view can be more inviting? He well pointed out the bad feeling engendered among the members of Benefit Clubs, in consequence of the jealousy with which they regard the claims of sickness upon their funds ; and admirably contrasted with it the ennobling sense of independence and self-respect originating in the ability of the artisan or labourer to have recourse in his distresses to a fund exclusively his own. " This Society," said the Rev. Gentleman, " raises the character of the insurer in his own estimation, and in the estimation of others—a spirit of independence springs up in his mind—be is a man who has a stake in the country—who has a character to lose—and thus it becomes a powerful principle re straining him from vice. By the exercise of a trifling self-denial he secures a future reward, and restores, in his own person, that spirit of independence, the absence of which among the poor has been the bane of this country. The Society will promote, too, domestic happiness and contentment. The wife can no longer re proach the husband with making no provision for herself and her children ; and the husband, instead of heirs.- ' reck less in his habit s , w ill b ecome care f u l, sav i ng , an d con tentedly disposed, and his attachment to his wife and family will be proportionately strengthened." No boon can be conferred on society equal to a restoration of a proud, self-confiding sense of independence, and self-respect, among the labouring classes. The man who has proper self-respect, no matter how lowly his position in the social scale, is capa ble of every virtue—the being who has lost it is a tool fit for the perpetration of any vice. Only bring this noble feeling into practical operation—let it diffuse its ennobling influ ence among the poorer classes—and we shall hear no more about Poor Law abuses. The humblest cottager will close his eyes in death under the roof that sheltered him in the prime of life, surrounded by his friends and family, in stead of experiencing that desolation of heart which a ll must feel who see in the parish workhouse the only prospect of a road to the grave. Mr. Hamp- TON, who preceded the Rev. Mr. Hulme, in addressing the meeting—and whose speech, regarded as an elucidation of the principles of the Loan Fund Association, has never been surpassed—dwelt upo n t hi s v i ew o f t h e quest i on w i th equal force, judgment, feeling, and truth. We select one extract, the substance of which ought to be engraven upon the heart of the Legislature, as well as upon that of every man and woman doomed to toil for their living throughout the British Empire ; " I call upon you to co-operate with us in carrying out the principles of this Society, which will give to the labouring man the certainty of that independence—that full return of his industry in his old age which he has every claim to, but which he has never yet bet n able to secure to himself. It has been truly said, that the vices of the poor are the punishment of the rich.' If the farmer or landed proprietor has his ricks burned, his barns fired, does it not behove him to remove the cause of such evils ? And what are the causes but ignorance, and the want of the power of productiveness ? Who is the rick.burner, the poacher, the incendiary, and the vagabond? The man who has received no instruction—who possesses no stake in the country—who having no thing to lose, cares not for the losses of others—who wanting bread and the very meatus of existence, commits that act which renders the food he wants more difficult of acquisition. On the other hand, the in dustrious well.disposcd labourer is a blessing to his employer; he im proves the value of his land—he increases his wealth—and therefore self interest even, if not gratitude, should mint out that his industry ought in his old age to be made available to himself, as it was to his master in his youth and in the vigour of his manhood. The happi. ness of our fellow-creatures is incorporated with our own; in doing good to others we serve ourselves.' Let us carry out to its fullest extent this principle, if I may so term it, of noble selfishness, and soon, very soon, crime will no longer walk abroad, and by re-acting upon those placed by fortune out of the reach of temptation, punish them for their neglect We do not sufficiently consider the obligations we owe the producer, the operative, and the tiller of the soil, upon whom our very existence depends, and who, to procure us the blessings we enjoy, are exposed to many dangers and to much physical suffering; the clothes we wear, the fuel that warms us, every comfort and luxury of life, are ours through great deterioration of health and risk of life; not a trade but has its peculiar disease, its own risk of decrepitude, suffering, and death ; and is it not hard that after such a life a man's old age should end in a workhouse—that his earnings, the produce of the sweat of his brow, should be fretted away for want of the fullest means of accumulation ? No if such has been the case, let it be so no longer—unite with us, enable each man, the very poorest, to ac. quire a stake in the country—to provide, by the industry of his youth, for the independence of his old age ; and I think you will agree with the when I say that that moral good, that moral revolu. tion, will be effected in this country with the further aid of education and religion, which railroads,in another sense, are now producing in the land."—Morning Advertiser. .THE LORDS AND COMMONS —Among the numerous other distinguished Members of both Houses of Parliament, of whom characteristic portraitures are now first given in the New Series of " Random Recollections," will be fouud the following:—The Dukes of Sussex, Cumberland, Wellington, and Rutland ; the Mar quises of Camden, Sligo, Northampton, Westmeath, and Bute; the Earls of Sh.:fie.bury, Stanhope, Lichfield, Shrewsbury, I\linto, Gosford, Rosebery, Falmouth, Devon, and Glengal; Lords Melbourne, Brougham, Lyndhurst, Holland, Rolle, Red dale Strangford, Beres_ ford, Alvanley, Lynedoch, and P or t man ; the Bishops of Exeter and London; &c. Last night, a few minutes before eight o'clock, a thunderbolt entered the front room window, which was open, of the house, No. 63, East.street, Lambeth walk. A woman, named Lansdowne, her daughter, and a young man, named Russell, were at work at the time, and were all struck with the electric fluid, which passed through the stairs, shivering the wood into a thousand pieces, and thence through the wall into the mu house, in which four chil. dren were steeping, the whole of whom escaped without the slightest f„j cry ; in fact, the escape of the above -named persons is truly mira culous Mrs. Lansdowne gates that the e l ectric fluid struck her on the head. Both houses are much damaged:. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a most de structive fire broke out oil the farming premises of Mr. Easton, near the town of Epsom, which raged for nearly two hours, and before extin guished consumed the whole of the farming stock, valued at several hundred pounds, which is not insured. Some idea can be formed as to the extent of the conflagration by its reflection being distinctly ob. served at Kennington. The tire is supposed to have some inceridOrY• been the act of We are informed, that between Friday the 18th and the following Sunday, u pward; of eighty gee se h ave heen worr i e d on Sutton Common, near Askern, by foxes. We have not heard whether the sufferers have attempted to maul these depredators, or whether they intend to submit their case to the Secretary at the Home-office, the Hon. Fox Maule.—Doneaster Gazette, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1838. OPEN ING OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, The first portion of this stupendous and important undertaking having been completed to Maidenhead, (a distance of nearly twenty-four miles from London by rail way, and twenty-seven by the road,) an experimental trip, was yesterday made by the Directors and a large party of their friends, including several Members of both Houses of Parliament, and scientific gentlemen. This Railway may well claim for itself the title of " Great," for it throws completely into the shade all those lines already opened to the public, whether we regard the magnitude of the scale upon which the arrangements have been made, the power and speed of the engines provided, or the extent of the traffic which it contemplates, from the immediate connec tion between its Bristol terminus and the United States of America. At the station at Paddington, an area of seve ral acres has been purchased by the Company, and upon this very extensive offices and sheds are in progress of erec tion. The booking-offices, reception and waiting rooms for the different classes of passengers, arc nearly completed, and the whole presents a very neat, and we may add (without meaning to disparage the magnificent erections of other similar esta blishments) a business-like appearance. Immediately be hind the offices is the depot for the carriages and engines, the whole of which is covered in, the roof being supported by double rows of cast iron pillars, and here the gigantic scale upon which the whole of the details have been exe cuted first presents itself. The rails, which in all the other lines yet open to the public are four feet eight inches apart, are here seven feet wide—they are laid upon longitudinal bearers of Kyanized wood, and these latter are further secured by transverse pieces, dovetailed in at short inter vals. There are four descriptions of carriages, all of which are about twelve feet in height, from the rails to the top. The extra first class reminds U 3 more of the comfortable state-cabin of one of our first class river steamers than almost any thing else we can liken it to. It is fitted up along the sides with large plate-glass windows, command ing a most extensive view of the surrounding country, and will accommodate about eighteen or twenty persons. Here are luxurious couches, cushions, and sofas, upon which one may recline at full length —nay even tables at which those whose appetites are too much excited to wait the expiration of a three hours' transit from London to Bristol may enjoy themselves, or read, or play at chess—the whole forming a combination of expe dition and comfort which we think it ivould puzzle the next generation to surpass. The first class proper (if we may so term them for distinction sake) are of nearly a similar construction with those of the London and Birming ham and Grand Junction railways. From their greater width they can accommodate eight persons in each com partment, or twenty-four in each carriage. We observed that they were provided with sun-blinds, the want of which has been very generally complained of on other lines, and they are so capacious and lofty that the tallest person may stand erect in them ; and this remark applies to all the other carriages. The second and third classes, the former enclosed and the latter - open, differ very little, except in their greater size, from the same description of vehicles used on the other lines. The engines to draw these immense moving houses are of corresponding size and power, and with the tenders weigh upwards of twenty tons each. The company which included several ladies began to arrive at 10 o'clock, and at eleven precisely the signal being given, the train, containing nearly 200 persons, started amid the cheers and acclamations of a vast con course of spectators. The engine selected for the first party is called " the North Star," built by Stevenson and Co. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and fully realized th e ex p ec t a ti o ns of the enterprizing proprietors. The line, after crossing the Hobbaynes and Wharnclifie canals, by two splendid viaducts of eight arches each, proceeds nearly due west, leaving Ken sall-green and 'Wormwood Scrubs on the right, and the pic turesque little village of Acton on the left, to the first sta tion at Ealing, which was decorated with a variety of flags and banners. The train was here received with hearty cheers from the assembled multitudes, and by a salute of ordnance from one of the embankments, but the booming of the cannon, and the shouts of the " astonished natives" were speedily lost in the distance as the flying. cavalcade swept by. The route was then by Hanwell, Southall, and Drayton, through a beautifully wooded and fertile district, and tha sudden transition from the smoke, and dust, and noise of London, to the quiet glades and umbrageous thickets of the park-like country we were then traversing, appeared more like the work of magic thefl the result of the ingenuity and labour of man. Crossing the Paddington Grand Junction Canal, and the Thorney Head and Colne streams, the train reaches the Langley station, from whence the lofty towers of Windsor Castle, with its leafy forests and verdant lawns, become visible, forming, for several miles, a very beautiful and striking feature in the landscape. After leaving the Langley station the line crosses the road to Slough, within a few hundred yards of the Crown Inn, and here it was the intention of the Company to have formed a station, but owing to the extraordinary opposition of some parties connected with Eton College, who objected we presume to the schoolmaster going abroad at a railway pace, the project was given up, except for taking up and setting down passengers. The present temporary terminus of the line is at Maidenhead, where it crosses the great Western turnpike road at an elevation of about forty feet, and the train reached this point at forty-seven minutes past eleven, giving an average speed of 28 miles per hour. It must be observed, however, that the engi n e er was di rected to proceed with caution, in consequence of works going on at two or three points, and that the full power o f the engine was not put on during the entire journey. A second train started at twelve o'clock, and accomplished the journey in forty-four minutes, giving an average speed of thirty-two miles per hour. Alter viewing the works and buildings 'at this terminus, which are of a very extensive nature, the company proceeded to Salt-hill, where-a very excellent and substantial repast was provided by the Di rectors, to which all parties appeared to do ample justice. It was served up in a large marquee pitched in the pleasure grounds opposite Botham's inn ; the pillars and awnings were very elegantly decorated with laurels, evergreens, banners, &c. The chair was taken by Mr. Simms, the Chairman of the Company, supported on his right and left by several of the distinguished persons present. After dinner the CHAIRMAN, in a very appropriate man ner, proposed the health of the Queen, with a wish that her Majesty and many of her loving and loyal subjects might shortly become their customers. The toast was drank with throe times three, and all the honours. Mr. DmvETT, M.P. for Exeter, proposed the health of the Chairman and Directors of the Great Western Railway.—(Loud cheers.) It was unnecessary fir hint to expatiate upon the obligations the Company owed to these gentlemen, for they were sufficiently obvious in the gratifying result of that day's experiment. The un dertaking with which they were connected might justly claim the admiration of the world. It was a work that would enable them to bring the great continent of America within reach of the people of England by a speedy and certain communication, and would enable persons to book themselves in London for New York with greater certainty and facility than could be done twenty years ago for Edin burgh.—(Hear, hear.) He felt that he was only giving effect to the desire of the company in proposing the health of these gentlemen, and he gave it with hearty wishes for the success of the great undertaking that had been so auspiciously commenced that day. The toast was drank with much cheering. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks on behalf of himself and the Directors. Mr. R. B. WARD, of Bristol, expressed the great plea sure he f It in proposing the health of the Members of both Houses of Parliament, through whose kind assistance and co-operation they had obtained the Bill which had enabled them to carry the present great undertaking into effect. — (Cheers.) Mr. GUEST, M.P., having been called upon, returned thanks, and proposed the health of Mr. Brunel, the engi neer of the Company, to whose exertions and skill they were all so much indebted. When he looked at the vast ness and extent of the design he acknowl e d ge d, as all must, that it was no ordinary und er t a ki ng. Mr. Brunel had stepped out of the ordinary track, and he believed no other man would have had the courage to do so.—(Cheers.) He was quite sure that time would only confirm and mature the calculations of Mr. Brunel, and show that they were well founds 1. So far as he (Mr. Guest) was able t o judge, and he had some little experienc e in works of that nature, Mr. Brunet's plans had been executed in the best and most judicious manner, and he hoped his skill and enterprise would meet the success it so richly deserved.—(Applause.) Mr. BRUNEL returned thanks. He had no personal va nity to gratify in the success of the experiment—he looked to posterity for his reward, if the attempt merited it. He could not omit acknowledgin g his obligations to the Direc tors for the confidence they had placed in him, and he was happy to find that the result had justified that confidence. Mr. HAYTER, M.P., p roposed the health of the Chair man of the Bristol Board of Directors, Mr. Bright. Although they had brilliant prospects at that end of theline, they must not forget th e exert i ons that had been making at the other terminus.—(Hear, hear.) In alluding to this subject, he begged to express the gratifieation it gave him at being a participator in the solemnity of the day, These were the triumphs of peace—they were distinct from the anarchy and the expenditur e of war.—(Cheers.) Here was a mighty work developing itself before them, which would immortalize all those connected with it.--(Loudap plaute.) When other monuments of the industry and In genuity of man had perished, he hoped the Great Western Railway would endure, and that upon it would be inscribed among others the name of Robert Bright, of Bristol.— (Immense cheering.) Mr. BRIGHT was sure the honour they had conferred upon him was owing more to the situation he held than from any merits of his own. On behalf of the Bristol Com mittee, he begged to return them his best acknowledgments, and although they had not made such progress at the Bristol end, most of those present must be aware of the difficulties they had to encounter. These would soon, he trusted, be surmounted, when they would be most happy to have the company of the gentlemen who had passed so fa vourable a verdict on the portion already completed. If their apparent progress had not been very great, still they had not been altogether idle in Bristol, for they had laid a railroad of 3,000 miles in continuation of the Great Western, and their railroad was laid upon the ocean.— (Immense cheering.) It was only yesterday that he had formed one of many hundreds who had viewed with delight and admiration that extraordinary production of British naval skill and science, the Greet Western steam-ship, which had brought New York almost to the Bristol ter minus of their line ; and ere 14 days had passed, he trusted that her crowded passengers would bear the gratifying re sult of that day's proceedings to every part of the United States.—(Great applause.) The time was at length come when the problem of the speedy and certain passage from England to America was solved, and all could already pro phecy that the great tide of passengers must be through the Great Western Railway.—( Hear, and cheers.) He th eG o r fot Great e Western States begged to and pop the rose to sea-borne t continuation of Railway.—(Tremendous cheering.) The toast was drank with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of' Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, which he prefaced with some very judicious complimentary observations upon the obligations which the public were under to that gentleman. He hoped Mr. Ste phenson's fame would endure as long as the Great Western Railway, and they had just heard Mr. Hayter prophecy that that would last for ever.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER proposed the next toast, which was, " Mr. Ricketts, and the Directors of the Bris tol and Exeter Railway."—(Cheers.) Mr. TYRRELL, Recorder of Tiverton, proposed, " the Chairman and Directors of the Taff Vale Railway." He rejoiced to find that they went hand in hand with the Great Western, and Bristol and Exeter Railways, and that in feel ings and interests they were one Company.--(Hear, hear.) He had lived long enough in the world to recollect the time when there were 22 mails due from Holyhead, and they now knew by practical experience that they could go from London to New York, and half way back again during the time that, twenty years ago, they were waiting the arrival of letters sixty miles off.—(Hear, hear.) The Taff Vale Railway was within an hour's sail of Uphill, twenty miles below Bristol, on the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and brought them thirty miles into the mining districts of Wales. Mr. GUEST returned thanks—The Company he was connected with little thought that a small railway in South Wales would be remembered in so large a concern, and he would feel much pleasure in reporting their good wishes. The next toast was " Mr. Hyatt, Chairman of the Chel tenham and Great Western Railway Company." Mr. HYATT returned thanks. Mr. DIVETT feared that he was obtruding upon the time of the company, but he could not help thinking that they had been guilty of a great omission to-day in not having pro posed the health of a body of gentlemen who had been mainly instrumental in carrying into effect the grand expe riment of forming a continuation across the Atlantic' - of the Great Western Railway. He alluded to the Directors of the Great Western Steam-ship Company. He believed that it was owing in a great measure to the exertions, and skill, and determination evinced by Mr. Guppy and tire other gentlemen,that the e xp er i men t h a d b een b roug ht t o a successful issue. —(Cheers.) Mr. GUPPY observed that the experiment was first pro-1 posed at a festive entertainment while watching the pro. 4 gress of the Great Western Railway Bill before Parlia-li ment.--( Hear, hear.) It was after dinner, on one of those 1 { occasions when they had been in attendance at the House of Commons, that the proposal was made of building the vessel which had just completed her successful voyage.— [A gentleman at the other end of the table exclaimed— .' in vino veritas.] If there was any truth in that obser vation the Greet Western steam ship had given them an excellent practical illustration of it.—(Cheers and laughter.) He would conclude by wishing—" Success to the Great Western Railway." Mr. PETER MAZE, Chairman of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, being called upon, returned thanks. After some other toasts bad been drank the company proceeded to the carriages, and the trains reached the station at Paddington, a distance of twenty-one miles and two chains, in thirty-five minutes, including a short stoppage in crossing the Thames Junction Railway, I2ing at the rate offorty miles an hour! Among the feats of the day it was stated that Mr. Guppy had walked across the tops of the carriages from one end of the train to the other, when going at full speed ; and Mr. Waring, of Bristol, exhibit e d a cover very neat l y franked by Mr. Greene, the Member for Lancaster, while travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Th e greater portion of the line already opened is almost level with the country through which it passes—there are no tunnels, and very little cuttings or embankments. The steepest gradient is only four feet in a mile, and the smallest curves have a radius of more than two miles—the consequence is that with their immense engines, and the great diameter of the • .• • a g reater power at comm an d th an wheels, there is always is required—the asthma tic action of the piston is obvi a ted, and the wear and tear ver y much reduced. This Company will possess the advantage of having a ver y l arge traffic at on early p eriod, from the circumstance of the line running nearly parallel with the Great Western turnpike and the Uxbridge roads, and running into them at the termini. We h ave ascer tained that the average number of vehicles passing daily on these roads is as foll ows : Colebrook. Hanivell. Total. Stage Coaches , Post Chaises and Private Carriages 105 Phaetons and Gig, Mounted Saddle Horses Spring Carts .. Stage Carts icr es coaches,evia Staines, staines, performingttill ll 19 th journies Great, 5 9 ... 47 Stage W a ,gons . To the foreg oin g must be added the 10 Taunton, daily,Bridgewater, and Exeter W es tern Railway is opened. There arc also 27 stage coaches running t o an d f rom Bristol and Bath , performing .54 daily j ourn i es, exclusive of the 20 journies pe rformed dail y by the coaches whi c h pass through Bath to and fr o m London and Bristol. So that there are in fact, b y st age coaches, in direct corn cat pn t munication with London, 163 daily journics performed — and between Bath and Bristol .54 journies, making a total of 197 journics performed daily by stage coaches, the pas sengers of which will come on the Great Western Railway, without reckoning any V those running less than an average (f 15 miles at the London end if the road. We understand that the line for upwards of seventy miles is almost level, and no tunnel occurs for nearly one hundred miles from London. The result of the experiment was highly satisfactory to all parties, and there is no doubt from the trial of yesterday that an average speed of forty m il e s per hour can be accomplished with ease. The line to Maidenhead will be opened to the public on Monday next, the 4th of June, when we doubt not that many thousands will avail themselves of the opportunity of enjoying as delightful a trip as we participated in yesterday. moNEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET. (Irrom the Morning Papers of this day.) lutes. — People are anxiously waiting for some definite information respecting the proceedings of the Committee on Joint Stock Banks, and more particularly with reference to the renewal of the Bank of Ire land charter. It is known that a deputation from Drogheda have had several interviews with Mr. Spring Rice for the purpose of remonstrat ing against the renewal; and, if public report may be credited, the-e gentlemen have succeeded to some extent in the object of their mission, a nd have obt a i ned a pledge from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the exclusive p r i vileges of the bank for issuing notes, which at present extends to a c i rcuit of fifty miles round Dublin, shall in the forth coming charter b e restricted to that place and five miles rou nd it. with respect t o a monopoly weighing so prejudicially upon a.b_ lin above a ll , i t would appear that the absence o f any ener getic representations from thence may be accounted for from the sensitive a pprehensions of the trading and other classes lest any steps taken by them against the Bank might be visited upon them, to the prejudice, if not ruin, of their credit, by the agents of that establish ment, in whose power more or less so large a portion cf them are en. aware how similar feelings known to actuate so infinitely more are powerful a coin • thralled. and capitalists here towards the Bank mutiny of traders This explanation will be perfectly intelligible to all who are of England. There seems no sufficient cause why Dublin and its vicinity should continue subject to a monopoly from which Drogheda and other places are, or are to be, exempt. The dobt of ‘2,500,0 001 . due by Go vernment to the Bank of Ireland is no valid ground for the re. newel of the charter in whole or in part which has expired. The Bank r eaps more than an a d equa te advantage from that employ ment of its capital in the shape o f 4 per cent. intere st, whilst Governm en t could easily raise t h e a mount necessary in the market at an moment at 3i per cent. or less , and p a y off' the debt. It apprehended however that no op'position will be offered in the Joint Stock Bank Committee to the intended r enewal by the Govern_ Y mcnt, since there is but one M em ber on that Committee at all conversant with th e subject. of banking, ' and he a leading member of a Joint-Stock Bank in Ireland, understood to be under certain o b li g ations to the Bank o f I reland during a late crisis, upon an understanding that the renewali of the bank charter was not to be oppose d by him. All i this, f t is not justtee, will be at least coasistent with the whole financial policy of Mr. Spri ng Bi ce It is a course o f pa t c hing and expedients, without one manly or statesmanlike view of the subject. ----- Colonel Gore Langton paired off on Monday night against Sir G eorge Grey's resolution, with Mr. Dottin, M. P. for Southampton. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when John Bird, Esq.. was provisionally appointed a Member of Council at Madras, and Harry Borradaile, Esc; , of the Bombay Civil Service, was appointed a member of the Indian Law Com mission, GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP. BRISTOL, MAv3l.--This being the day appointed by the Directors of the Great Western Steam Ship, for the recv titm of the public on board this spl en did s hi p, we were in duced to visit her, and we cannot refrain from expressing our high gratification at the hospitable and liberal reception we experienced from the officers on board. It is impossible to describe the animating and interesting scene which a visit to the Great Western afforded. The visitors to this magnificent ship were received by Mr. Mathews, the chief mate, and by Captain Claxton, the Managing Director of the Company, and the accommodation afforded by the Cambria steamer, en gaged to convey the passengers from Cumberland Basin to Kingroad, *ere of the first order, and received the universal approval of all parties. Upwards of 1,000 per sons visited this ship, and were received by the officers on board with the greatest possible cordiality and attention, and after viewing the arrangements, machinery, and fittings up of this unequalled vessel, were regaled with a very elegant and sumptuous dessert in the spacious and elegant saloon ; wines of every description, and all the delicacies of the season were supplied in ample profusion, and the decorations and at tendance served to remind one of the most enchanting and fairy scenes. Yesterday the proprietors and their friends visited the ship, and partook of a dejeuner in the principal saloon. All parties appeared satisfied with the excellent arrangements that had been made, and with the successful result of the experimental voyage. To-day the public were admitted, and the arrangements on board elicited the warmest eulogiums. There were two steam packets engaged to convey passengers on board, and every attention was paid to their comfort and accommodation. A most splendid dessert was laid out in the state cabin, consist. ing of champagne and the choicest wines and' pastries, pre serves, fruits, &c. Among the visitors were many of the most fashionable and beautiful ladies of our city and neighbour hood; and this, with the splendid banners which were float ing in the breeze, and the soft strains of the music which were wafted across the water, and the delightful and enchanting scenery of the siu - roun.ling hills, all combined to increase the interest and grandeur of the scene.: The excitement occasioned by the arrival of the Great Western is not confined to Bristol alone, but has extended to the remotest parts of North and South Wales, and many visitors have arrived here from these districts. The commercial and agricultural gentlemen of the West of England appear also deeply interested in the ultimate success of this hold and eminently successful experiment. After the numerous visitors on board had regaled themselves by viewing the ship, her engines, machinery, and beautifully decorated saloon, Captain ELTON, after the most ardent and cordial demon strations of loyalty and attachment to the throne, proposed success to the Great Western Steam Ship Company, and good health and prosperity to the Directors of the Company__ Drank with three times three. Captain CLAXTON returned thanks:and was loudly and re peatedly cheered. Captain CLAXTON then proposed the health of the Ladies of Bristol, which was drank with three times three. In rising to propose the health of the Ladies of New York, who he said had visited the ship in thousands, he stated that the beaux described them as among the most beautiful and in teresting of the sex, and he felt convinced that the gentlemen on board would do them the utmost honour—drunk with re peated and vociferous cheers. Captain CLAXTON then gave" Success to the Great Western Railway," and stated that the attendance on board the Great TVestern ship that day would hare been greater, if many of the Directors had not been engaged in that undertaking, which he hoped would prove abundanly successful, and highly beneficial to the city of Bristol—drank with great applause. Captain Et.ToN o proposed the I e ilth of Captain Claxton— drank with tremendous cheering. \lr. SNELL then gave the health of Captain Ilosken, R. N., the commuiding-officer of the Great Western, which was most enthusiastically drank, amidst reiterated and deafening cheers. Nothing could exceed the excellence of the arrangements on board, or the hospitality with which the public were re ceived, notwithstanding the sailors and workmen were busily employed in making arrangements for their departure. The Great Western will sail on Saturday next, at two' o'clock, p.m. Additional berths - have been necessarily fitted up, and the excellent accommodations on board have been ren dered, if possible, more complete. Upwards of fifty berths are already taken, and a full complement is confidently ex pected. The Directors met on Tuesday last, and it was unanimously , resolved immediately to lay down another steam-ship for the American trade, of a larger tonnage than the Great Western. A requisition to the Mayor, calling a public meeting of the is habitants of this city, has been signed by the principal and most influential merchants, to express to the Gov, , rnment of the United States, and particularly to the citizens of New York, their sense of the hospitable and cordial reception given to Captain liosken, the officers, and crew of the Great Western, on her nrrival at New York. This meeting, which is deferred until next week, would have taken place tomor row, but that most of the Directors of the Great Western Steam-ship, were engaged to be present at the opening of the Great Western Railway. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK -7- 11TO OD. The only fault we find with this otherwise excellent Num ber is that it is of too political a character. Not less than three diatribes are launched at the heads of the unfortunate Whig p rty, who are treated with that remorseless severity which is stern, high Tory periodical is so much in the habit of using towards its political opponents. The " Port folio"—as far as mere style is concerned--is the best written and the most spirited of these diatribes, but it contains more than one palpable mis-statement respecting the " appropria tion clause," the present position of which the writer clearly does not understand. " Our Two Panniers" is —there can be no doubt—from the pen of Christopher North, It is a piquant oinnium galherunt, comprising all sorts of styles, the familiar, the eloquent, the impassioned, the descriptive, the sentimental, and diverging from one to the other, whether in prose or verse, with .equal grace and facility. The " King's German Legion" is a notice—and a most interest ing one, by the bye, inasmuch as it abounds in incident—of a voume which has lately been published under this title. " The Picture Gallery" is a continuation of a series of tales under this head, which have recently appeared in Blackwood. The idea is an ingenious one, and, if well followed up, likely to become -popular. The present talc is the best we have yet seen of the series. An " Introduc tion to the Philosophy of Consciousness" is a metaphysical essay, on a most complex theme, reasoned with an acute ness and subtlety worthy of a Stewart or a Reid. We sub jo'n an amusing extract from Christopher North's " Two Panniers :" " The Highlands were, in our memory, overspread with a too dreary gloom. Vast tracts there were in which N a t ure h erself seemed misc. cable; and if the heart find no human happiness to repose on, Imagi nation will fold her wings, or flee away to other regions, where in her own visionary world she may soar at will, and at will stoop down to the homes of this real earth. Assuredly the inhabitants are happier than they then were —befter dr—and therefore the change, whatever loss it n comprehend, has been a gain to good. Alas, poverty —penury—want —even of the necessaries of life—never absent—are too often there still rife but patience and endurance dwell there, heroic and better far, Christian—nor has Charity been slow to succour regions remote but not inaccessible, Charity acting in power delegated by Heaven to our Na tional Councils. And thus we can think, not only without sadness, but with an elevation of soul inspired by such example of highest virtue in humblest estate, and in our own sphere exposed to other trials, be in duced to follow it, on many " a virtuous household, though exceeding poor." What are all the poetical fancies about " mountain scenery," that ever fluttered on the leaves of albums, in comparison with ally scheme however prosaic, that tends in any way to increase human com forts. The best Sonnet that ever was written by a versifier from the South to the Crown of Benlomond, is not worth the worst pair of worsted stockings trotted in by a small Celt going with his dad to stek for a lost sheep among the snow -wreaths round his bise. As for eagles, and ravens, and red deer, those magnificent creatures so stately and bright,' let them shift for themselves—and the fewer of them the better—but among geese, and turkeys, and poultry, let propagation flourish—the fleecy folk baa—and the hairy hordes bellow on a thousand hills. Let the people eat—let them have food for their bodies, and then they will have heart to care for their souls; and the good and the wise will look after their souls, with sure and certain hope of elevating them from their hovels to heaven, while prigs, with their eyes in a fine frenzy rolling, rail at railroads, and all the other vile inventions of an utilitarian age to open up and expedite communications between the Children of the Mist and the Sons and Daughters of the Sunshine, to the utter an. nihilation of the sublime Spirit of Solitude and—but that is an evil to be indeed deplored—of S,na' Stills. Be under no sort of alarm for Nature. There is some talk, it is true, of a tunnel through Cruachan to the Black Mount, but the general impression seems to be that it will be a great bore. A joint-stock company that undertook to remove Ben N ev is, is beginning to find unexpected obstructions. Feasible as we confess it appeared, the idea of draining Loch Lomond has been relin quished for the easier and more useful scheme of converting the Clyde from below Stonebyres, to above the Bannatyne Fall, into a canal—the chief lock being, in the opinion of the most ingenious speculators, almost ready-made at Corra Linn." ASIATIC JOURNAL. The article entitled " The Plague Ship," which would appear to be founded on fact, is very impressively written, and highly coloured, though without degenerating into exaggeration. Next to this, in point of interest, is the desuhory little essay, "Selections and Reflections," in which occur many sound thoughts. The remaining part of the Magazine is made up of matters chiefly interesting to Anglo- Indian readers. rAY MAGAZINE. The " Railway Magazine" contains a number of useful articles and interesting suggestions. One of the latter is to lay down railways on the banks of canals, and to drag vessels through the water by locomotive engines. This might probably be very useful where great burdens are to be conveyed, and it might unite the now conflicting in terests of railways and canals. The Magazine contains a very neat and clear map of the proposed Thames Haven Dock and Railway, for which an Act of Parliament has been obtained, and which promises to be of much advantage to the Me tropolis. The site of this great undertaking is beyond Stratford-le-Hope, 3G miles from London Bridge, 9 from Southend, and 12 from Sheerness, and the expence of con structing the docks, without the buildinffs, is estimated at 200,0001. Tenders to complete the work hue been ad vertised for, and we may soon expect to see it in progress. It will, like several other projected improvements, keep the River clear, and prevent. the loss of property and life. That there should be a Magazine devoted to Railways is a striking proof of their vast utility, and the interest they excite, COURT CIRCULAR. Mr. Gaynor had an interview with Lord •Glenel; yesterday at the Colonlal.office. THEATRES. OLYMPIC. This theatre last night brought its extended season to a very success. ful close—the house in every part being crowded to excess. The per formances were four of the most popular burlettas of the season. " A Peculiar Position," " Naval Engagements," the last novelty of " Patter versus Clatter," and the vaciliatory burletta of the " Drama's Levee," the whole of which, it is almost unnecessary to add, went off with their accustomed eclat. At the conclusion of the second pie ce the fair mana geress, as has ever been her " constant custom," came forward and de. livered the following farewell address, which was received with great applause. Ladies and Gentlemen, " It has been my practice to address a few words to you on the last night of each season. It would ill become me to omit doing so when we are about to part for a longer period than usual. " Offers of so liberal a nature have been made to me from America, that no one who labours for ultimate independence would be justified in declining them. " Eight seasons of continuous success, unexampled, I really believe, in theatrical annals, major or minor, have stamped with the indelible mark of public approbation the system I had the honour to introduce in this theatre. " That system was simply to set before you in the best manner, and far as the Lord Chamberlain's licence would admit of) the best enter taimnents I could procure; to realise the illusion of the scene by an un flinching outlay upon proper costume and careful attention to the deco rations of the stage. Your constant attendance has shown that efforts, however humble, to elevate the dramatic art, are not wasted upon a Bri tish public, and liberality has thus proved the best economy. " Great as has been the favour which I have ever experienced at your hands, and highly as you have been pleased to estimate whatever requi sites for my profession I may possess, I am convinced that the great suc cess of the Olympic is more owing to the manageress than to the actress, and I have, therefore, no fear that Madame Vestris's Theatre will lack support i❑ Mat'ame Vestris's absence, especially when it shall be found that the Olympic is conducted precisely on the same principles, and that. it will boast next season a comic company, adequate, in point of numbers, to all its wants, and not to be surpassed, in point of individual excellence, by the united theatres of the metropolis. " I have great pleasure in adding that I am promised the best exer tions of all those dramatic writers of whose works you have been accus_ tomed most to approve. And, now that I have told you what you hare to expect, promise me, when the cat's away, you will come and see the mice play. " Seriously, and in conclusion, I wish you, Ladies and Gentlemen, earnestly and sincerely, that good fortune which, I am sure, you wish me, and I bid you, for a season, respectfully and most gratefhlly farewell." When the curtain fell upon the last performance the audience made a unanimous call for Madame Vestris. She was led before it to curtsey her acknowledgments, and appeared to be greatly affected by the compli. meat. Mr. C. Matthews was afterwards called for, and heartily cheered, ST. JAMES'S. This house closed for the season last night. The performances con s ist ed of " The Brothers ;" Haynes Bayley's pleasing farce of " Perfec tion;" Dibdin's musical farce of " The Waterman," in which Mr. Braham played Tom Tug, and sung his favourite songss—" The Jolly Young Waterman," " The Trim-built Wherry," and " The Bay of Biscay," with unabated power and success ; and concluded with the popular burletta of " The British Legion," previous to which Mr. Hooper, the manager, in the costume of Colonel Davenport, delivered the following farewell address:— " Ladies and Gentlemen,—Our brief campaign of six weeks being ended, it is my duty as a colonel of our legion to address you on behalf of our co mmander-hs-chief, and to thank you for the assistance which, in the shape of ammunition and provender, you have affinded to our garrison. " His negociat!ons with a certain Andassudress' have been most satisfactory. With the assistance of the 'British Legion' he has been enabled to carry on the war ; during the summer, though not em ployed at head quarters, we shall he engaged in recruiting, and we hope that about October next the daily papers will give favourable account‘ of our engagements. "Being a colonel and not a trumpeter, it is not my intention to give you any retrospective puffs, nor to make any boasting professions re specting the future. But in the name of our commander-in-chief, whose voice will, I trust, long be heard amongst us, in my own name, and in that of every officer and private under my command, in the name, also, of the master of the band and his subordinates, not even forgetting the fifer, I beg, ladies and gentlemen, to bid you a respectful farewell." The house was well attended, and we were happy to hear that the season had been very successful, the latter part of it in particular. HA YMARKE T. A domestic drama, in two acts, by Mr. Douglas Jerrold, named " The Mother," was produced last night at this theatre. The leading incidents may be briefly narrated : —A naval captain, named Divenant, (Mr. Edmund Glover), while on foreign service is made a prisoner of war, and lodged with shipmates in a fortress ; the Governor's daughter, Eulalie (Mdlle. Celeste), falls in love with him, contrives his escape and that of his crew, and eventually becomes his wife During a subse quent absence on foreign service a false report of his death is abruptly communicated to his young and affectionate wife. Eulalie is seized with a severe illness and partial deprivation of reason, and while suffering under this affliction she becomes a mother. Upon being restored to her senses another hard trial awaited her—she is informed that her infant is no more. Her mind receives a severe shock from this communication, and the drama opens with the returu of her husband, who endeavours to sooth her sorrow. She promises to do what she cats to gratify him, and is about presenting her husband with a flower which site had gathered from the resting place of their little one, when, at the momenta gipsy child runs in and offers him a fresh-pulled rose. This inch.. dent, coupled with the admiration expressed by him of the in fant, renews her suffering, a gipsy having seized an opportunity of filling her with the belief that he is actually the father of the shild. In the course of the night she wanders from her house in her s'eep, and reaches the gipsies' camp, and upon awaking there, she is hor rified to find that she is in company with the mother of the gipsy child. In the mean time, during her absence from the house, two villians o f the tribe, Foxglove (Mr. Perkins) and Larceny (Mr. Buckstone), enter the invitingly-open door, with the intention of committing a robbery; They did not succeed, and return wounded to the camp while Eulalie is there. Her husband with his friends follow in search of her, and Da_ venant's name happening to pronounced, an old dying gipsy, Barnaby (Mr. Webster), proceeds to reveal to him that his child was not dead, but had been caatied off by one of the tribe, and that that child was the gipsy child in question, which had been adopted by his daughter, Fringella (Miss Cooper). Eulalie, who comes in during the statement, rushes forward, and, clasping the child to her bosom, faints in tier husband's arms, and with this scene the drama terminates. The piece, though successful, will not increase Mr. Jerrold's reputation. The plot, which we have briefly narrated, is not. worked out with the usual dramatic tact of the author of the Rent Day. The leading defect in the piece is the want of action, and the incoherent speech put into the mouth of Eulatie, in her sleeping scene, is infinitely too long 'and tedious. The same remark may apply to the speeches of some of the other characters, although portions of the language are ex ceedingly beautiful. The principal character was sustained by Mdlle. Celeste, and her excellent performance of the part entitles her to the highest praise, and makes us regret that site has not oftener appeared in a similar range of characters. She exhibited great energy and depth of feeling, and was moat warmly applauded throughout, and at the fall of the curtain was called for, when she gracefully expressed her gratitude to the audience for the kind support they had given to a stranger. All the other characters were well supported. There was a good deal of humour in Buckstone's part, and he made it tell very effee. tively. Perkins and Strickland were equally happy in what they had to do; and Webster himself, in the part of the old gipsey, was excellent. Ile dressed it admirably. Miss Cooper's character of Fringella was also fairly supported. The piece was announced for repetition amid loud applause. - -- - HER MAJESTY'S CIIEATRE.--The opera of Don Giovanni, with its present excellent cast, was repeated at this theatre last night. Though not a subscription night, the house was not merely fully imu(fashionably attended. It would be needless to re peat the observations we have before made on the performance of this opera. With each succeeding repetition the performance approaches nearer to perfection. The Queen honoured the theatre with her pre. sense, and remained to the conclusion of the opera. THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—In consequence of a very civil message from the Duchess of Kent, I waited on her this morning. She received me with her fine animated child on the floor by her with its playthings, of which I soon became one.:She was very civil ; but as she did not sit down I did not think it right to stay above a quarter of an hour ; and there being a female attendant and a gentle man present, I could not well get upon any topic so as to carry a cols_ tinual discourse. She apologised for not speaking English well enough to talk it, but intimated a hope that she might talk it better and longer with me at some future time She spoke of her situation, and her man lier was quite delightful.—Life of IVilbeTforce- We learn from Reading that in consequence of the sudden discharge of a number of workmen, it became necessary to swear in two hundred special constables, and even to call in the Life Guards, to prevent mischief. No rioting, however, had actually taken place at the date of our information.—Morning Chronicle. The Manchester and Bolton Railway was opened to the public on Tuesday. There is shown at St. Ann's-hill an alcove to which Arr. and Mrs. Fox used to resort to avoid visitors; and Mr. Wilberforce on the same subject says, " Bath is now empty, as it is called ; but in this its state of emptiness it contains quite people enough to keep our knocker in exercise, and our tempers too; for there are few things more trying than to be interrupted by common visitors when engaged in any real business or even in any pleasant relaxation." WHEAT.—The Mark-lane Express states that " it is now ascertained that the last year's crop was decidedly below an ave rage of ordinary years, while the consumption during the past severe winter, ane protracted spring, must have been unusually great." We regret to learn that Mr. Manic, Under Secre tary of State, has been confined to bed for the last ten days, by a severe attack of small-pox ; the disorder, however, we are glad to hear, has taken a favourable turn, but it may yet be some days before he is able to resume his Parliamentaey and official duties. A hostile meeting took place in Lord Northland's demesne, at Dungannon, on Saturday morning, between two young gentlemen, Mr. B. and Mr. T. At the third shot Mr. B.'s ball passed through the hand of his antagonist, and thus gave full satisfaction, as to the point of honour, to all parties. A lady was, as usual, in the case, —Newry Telegrap/s. OCCUPATION A CURE FOR INSANITY.—A ear 'muter was admitted as a patieut into the asylum at Wakefield. lie hal previously made several attempts at self-destruction, and was then in a very desponding state. After the diseased action had subsided, great dejection s till rema i ne d ; h e was, however, placed und er th e care of the gardener, who was then constructing a kind of grott o or moss house in the grounds. Time contriving the building offered a scope fin' his taste and ingenuity, he was consulted on the arrangement of the floor, which was formed of pieces of wood of different kinds, set in various figures. He was furnished with tools, though he was, of course, most carefully watched. He took so great an interest in the little building, that the current of his thoughts was changed. All his mise ries were forgotten, and his recovery took Place at the end of a few months, He very justly attributed his restoration to the" moss-house..• —Sir TV. C. Ellis on Insanity. It is found that the turnpike trusts of England and Wales are encumbered with a debt of ten millions of pounds. The Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty at the new palace yesterday. Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent, attendd by the Countess of Mulgrave, drove round the parks in an open barouche and four yesterday. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and her august mother honoured the performance of Don Giovanni at her Majesty's Theatre last evening with her presence. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. The Princess Augusta took a carriage drive to Fulham yesterday afternoon. The Duke of Sussex visited the Princess Augusta yesterday at Cla rence House. A deputation of woollen-mill owners, including Mr. Nussey, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Ellison, headed by Mr. Baines, M. P., had an interview with Lord John Russell on Wednesday at the Home Office, The Grecian Minister and the French Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday at the Foreign .ottice.